Properly available at last – this quite terrifying twelve sees the return of one of the most talked about dubstep projects of the last 18 months following on from huge acclaim afforded their debut twelves for the Subtext imprint and their universally lauded ‘Degenerate’ album (happily available again this week on cd after a few months out of print) – not to mention their involvement with Breezeblock’s now legendary ‘Dubstep Wars’ and the more

Vex'd initially made a mark with their rhythm-stuttering classic 'Lion'. Since then, the album 'Degenerate' passed me by without incident. But this brings a sharper, more-defined lens to their canvas. The title track takes a while to get going, but once it does, it delivers. The doom-filled orchestral intro to Kubrick's Shining dissipates and makes way for gravity-weighted beats and a snarling, all-consuming bassline.